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Cannibal victim offered money for penis bite
Former sexual partner of the victim, Brandes, was offered up to 5,000 German marks ($2,600) to bite off the man's penis.
A Berlin engineer eaten by a man he met on the Internet once offered to pay someone to bite off his penis, a German court trying his killer for murder was heard.
A former sexual partner of the dead man, Bernd-Juergen Brandes, said he was offered up to 5,000 German marks (2,600 dollars) to bite off the man's penis.
However, another gay former lover of Brandes said he had never expressed a death wish or any desire for pain, adding: "We were happy together."
The mixed testimony came at the murder trial in Kassel, central Germany, of Armin Meiwes, a 42-year-old who admits killing, carving up and eating Brandes in March 2001 but denies murder.
Meiwes insists Brandes wanted to be consumed and that he allowed his penis to be cut off, which they fried with the intention of eating.
But the former lover said he and Brandes, who had been a couple since 1999, were happy and had made holiday plans together.
The 27-year-old told the court his partner had showed no sign of depression or suicidal tendencies and did not appear to have any problems.
The witness, who said his last memory was of Brandes sleeping in bed, said he was a quiet type who had not expressed any masochistic or death wish.
He said he still could not fathom the reason behind the 43-year-old's death but that Meiwes had since written to him apologising for his actions.
